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    Default is it possible to play as mongols or timurids?

    To most of you this is probably a retarded question and you just think lol noob but i mainly play as england or france and they never effect me directly. So i was wondering that if you managed to destroy the faction would you be able to play them in a new campaign and start on the side of the map at whatever year they appear?

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    Default Re: is it possible to play as mongols or timurids?

    they cant be unlocked, look for a mod that makes them playable
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    Default Re: is it possible to play as mongols or timurids?

    Have a look in your Medieval II Total War folder and you'll see a file called medieval2.preference.cfg - right click on this file and go to Edit and the file will open in Notepad.

    Add the following three lines to the [multiplayer] section (which were originally posted here):

    [multiplayer]
    playable = true
    hotseat_turns = true
    hotseat_scroll = false


    Then start a campaign as normal and select England (remember to deselect any other factions additionally highlighted).

    Launch the campaign and bring down the M2 console by pressing the ' key.

    Type in:

    control mongols

    or

    control timurids

    depending on which you want to play as. Then type in:

    control england
    That's the only way I think.
    Last edited by SirDestroyer; October 09, 2009 at 09:24 PM.

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    Default Re: is it possible to play as mongols or timurids?

    ok thanks for the replies i was just wondering if it was part of the original game or not i shoulda made my post for precise thanks anyway tho if ever i fancy playing as em ill try it

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    yes mods should help i think custom campaign mod enables both

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    Default Re: is it possible to play as mongols or timurids?

    Retrofit.
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    IIRC Retrofit diosnt make Mongols and Timmies playable. CC2 or KGC might tho.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SirDestroyer View Post
    Have a look in your Medieval II Total War folder and you'll see a file called medieval2.preference.cfg - right click on this file and go to Edit and the file will open in Notepad.

    Add the following three lines to the [multiplayer] section (which were originally posted here):

    [multiplayer]
    playable = true
    hotseat_turns = true
    hotseat_scroll = false


    Then start a campaign as normal and select England (remember to deselect any other factions additionally highlighted).

    Launch the campaign and bring down the M2 console by pressing the ' key.

    Type in:

    control mongols

    or

    control timurids

    depending on which you want to play as. Then type in:

    control england
    That's the only way I think.
    This categorically does not work for me, I've tried it dozens of times. I've searched for a way around it. Does anyone have a fix? I'm playing the definitive edition on Steam.

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    Default Re: is it possible to play as mongols or timurids?

    Quote Originally Posted by suckfuldodger View Post
    This categorically does not work for me, I've tried it dozens of times. I've searched for a way around it. Does anyone have a fix? I'm playing the definitive edition on Steam.
    First step is to indicate which effort fails. If it's at the beginning with enabling hotseat functions, try downloading the retrofit mod, which makes hotseat functions work automatically and allows you to very easily go to the second half regarding the 'control' commands.

    That said, there's a little more that needs to be done to make it work this way. Let me know when you've gotten this far, assuming my guess is the main problem.

    The quoted steps attempt to use hotseat mode in the base game, which does work as of old CD versions I've used, but isn't something I've gotten far with on steam - and with the availability of mods these days, it's easier to just get the (effectively vanilla) mod going and then take a few different steps.

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    Default Re: is it possible to play as mongols or timurids?

    Then start a campaign as normal and select England (remember to deselect any other factions additionally highlighted).

    Launch the campaign and bring down the M2 console by pressing the ' key.

    Type in:

    control mongols
    Red is the devil - you have to start in hotseat mode (via multiplayer options) for that command to work, it doesn't work in a 'normal' campaign. In fact there is a mod around where the menu has been modified in a way as to start directly in hotseat mode, all of that for the single purpose to make use of that command in the script.

    Another approach would be to make the timurids\mongols playable from the start - as a playable horde.
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    Default Re: is it possible to play as mongols or timurids?

    Gig's point, is, as usual, the most effective one. Albeit you don't want to dabble in that, the easiest way would be to download a mod including them as a starting faction, such as KGCM
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